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Tom H
 Post subject: Re: Guess the Museum
PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:33 pm 
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gregv wrote:

And not everyday you see a Churchill up close & personal; still ugly though....

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sorry for the thread drift, I do realize this isn't an AFV forum...

Great info on the CF-104, had no idea it wasn't a Canadair build. Very nicely presented all polished up.

greg v.


Hate to continue to drift a thread but......

The tank in the pic is a Matilda IIRC, Churchill is post war and the top of the tracks are enclosed as well as a much bigger gun.

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BK
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DaveG wrote:
Here come a few from me:

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I held off answering these because they are hometown birds or in the case above I had been told the answer. The mural is at Millville Air Museum. I thought Mr. Thunderbolt, Zack would have got this one.

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These two are in the same place (or were last summer)

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Kinda obvious with the name painted on the DC-3. Remote Area Medical hangar, Island Home Airport, Knoxville, TN.

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This is a tough one but maybe the engine cover on the -135 in the background might offer a clue...

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Warhawk
 Post subject: Re: Guess the Museum
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Tom H wrote:
gregv wrote:

And not everyday you see a Churchill up close & personal; still ugly though....

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sorry for the thread drift, I do realize this isn't an AFV forum...

Great info on the CF-104, had no idea it wasn't a Canadair build. Very nicely presented all polished up.

greg v.


Hate to continue to drift a thread but......

The tank in the pic is a Matilda IIRC, Churchill is post war and the top of the tracks are enclosed as well as a much bigger gun.

Tom


Sorry Tom but that is a Churchill and it is not post war. You may be thinking of the Chieftan.

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Tom, you have them backwards. The Matilda was a frontline tank in the desert campaign in North Africa.
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DaveM2: You got it !!!!
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Here's one more.............
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Wizzmer!

A German F-4F painted to look like an F-4E on display at the White Sands Missile Range Museum.

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Warhawk wrote:
Tom H wrote:
gregv wrote:

And not everyday you see a Churchill up close & personal; still ugly though....

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sorry for the thread drift, I do realize this isn't an AFV forum...

Great info on the CF-104, had no idea it wasn't a Canadair build. Very nicely presented all polished up.

greg v.


Hate to continue to drift a thread but......

The tank in the pic is a Matilda IIRC, Churchill is post war and the top of the tracks are enclosed as well as a much bigger gun.

Tom


Sorry Tom but that is a Churchill and it is not post war. You may be thinking of the Chieftan.


if this helps:

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bunch more, all from the same place, should be a no-brainer but I thought they might be interesting:

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love the contrast between the mat & glossy finishes:
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any idea what these wings belong to?
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spinner buck for the HK-1 according to the placard:
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definitely another man's treasure; what's the remnant of blue wing from I wonder?:
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what's the twin pointy-tailed thing in the middle??:
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raconnel
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How about this one?

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Tom H
 Post subject: Re: Guess the Museum
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Sorry Tom but that is a Churchill and it is not post war. You may be thinking of the Chieftan.


Well I apologize and stand corrected

But I am going to smack my buddy at the Lord Strathcona Horse Historic Vehicle Troop when I see him.....cause that ain't nuttin like the one he tells me is a Churchill!''

And I'm stickin to flippin aircraft!

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Warhawk
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Tom H wrote:
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Sorry Tom but that is a Churchill and it is not post war. You may be thinking of the Chieftan.


Well I apologize and stand corrected

But I am going to smack my buddy at the Lord Strathcona Horse Historic Vehicle Troop when I see him.....cause that ain't nuttin like the one he tells me is a Churchill!''

And I'm stickin to flippin aircraft!

Tom


No need for apologies and give your buddy a few smacks for us too :axe:

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Pat Carry
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How about this one?

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NASM/Udvar Hazy Center in Virginia?

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Pat Carry
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The air museum I spend most of my volunteer hours in these days. 8)

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Pioneer Flight Museum in Kingsbury,Tx

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raconnel
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Not Udvar-Hazy, but somewhere in the Southeast.

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Jeff H
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Cheers,

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Pat Carry
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Not Udvar-Hazy, but somewhere in the Southeast.

Richard

I will take another shot at it, the National Museum of Naval Aviation?

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